The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.

Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and...

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and...

Marry first, and love will come after is a shocking assertion; since a thousand things...

Marry first, and love will come after is a shocking assertion; since a thousand things...

A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.

A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.

All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much...

All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much...

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called...

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called...

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever...

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever...

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and...

O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and...

The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small...

The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small...

A husband's mother and his wife had generally better be visitors than inmates.

A husband's mother and his wife had generally better be visitors than inmates.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest.

Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest.

Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from...

Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from...

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of...

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of...

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to...

The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to...

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often...

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often...

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.